Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1		-	S.B. No. 1451
	1	+	By: Taylor, et al. S.B. No. 1451
	2	+	(Ashby)
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	5	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	6		AN ACT
5	7		relating to the ability of public school teachers to maintain
6	8		student discipline without being subjected to adverse employment
7	9		consequences.
8	10		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	11		SECTION 1. Section 21.351, Education Code, is amended by
10	12		adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
11	13		(a-1) In adopting criteria described by Subsection (a)(1),
12	14		the commissioner shall ensure that a teacher may not be assigned an
13	15		area of deficiency in an appraisal solely on the basis of
14	16		disciplinary referrals made by the teacher or documentation
15	17		regarding student conduct submitted by the teacher under Section
16	18		37.002. This subsection does not prohibit a teacher from being
17	19		assigned an area of deficiency based on documented evidence of a
18	20		deficiency in classroom management obtained through observation or
19	21		a substantiated report.
20	22		SECTION 2. Section 21.352, Education Code, is amended by
21	23		adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
22	24		(a-1) A school district may not assign an area of deficiency
23	25		to a teacher solely on the basis of disciplinary referrals made by
24	26		the teacher or documentation regarding student conduct submitted by
25	27		the teacher under Section 37.002. This subsection does not
26	28		prohibit a teacher from being assigned an area of deficiency based
27	29		on documented evidence of a deficiency in classroom management
28	30		obtained through observation or a substantiated report.
29	31		SECTION 3. Section 37.002, Education Code, is amended by
30		-	adding ~~Subsections~~ (b-1~~) and (e~~) to read as follows:
	32	+	adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
31	33		(b-1) A teacher may document any conduct by a student that
32	34		does not conform to the student code of conduct adopted under
33	35		Section 37.001 and may submit that documentation to the principal.
34	36		A school district may not discipline a teacher on the basis of
35	37		documentation submitted under this subsection.
36		-	(e) A student who is sent to the campus behavior
37		-	coordinator's or other administrator's office under Subsection (a)
38		-	or removed from class under Subsection (b) is not considered to have
39		-	been removed from the classroom for the purposes of reporting data
40		-	through the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS)
41		-	or other similar reports required by state or federal law.
42	38		SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
43	39		school year.
44	40		SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
45	41		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
46	42		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
47	43		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
48	44		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
49		-	______________________________ ______________________________
50		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
51		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1451 passed the Senate on
52		-	April 11, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
53		-	the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 25, 2019, by the
54		-	following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
55		-	______________________________
56		-	Secretary of the Senate
57		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1451 passed the House, with
58		-	amendment, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 124,
59		-	Nays 20, two present not voting.
60		-	______________________________
61		-	Chief Clerk of the House
62		-	Approved:
63		-	______________________________
64		-	Date
65		-	______________________________
66		-	Governor